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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
3
Milledgeville Church of the Brethren presents Sunday school at 10 o clock followed by departmental worship and an 11 o clock assembly and worship service with invocation hymns offering prayer and sermon by pastor M Herrington. Evening service at 7 30 p m features departmental C W d H Mathis as pastor and quiet music with benediction.
Mrs. Anna Dieterle of Milledgeville marked her 85th birthday Sunday at her residence with family and friends. She attended Lutheran church services earlier, and guests enjoyed ice cream and cake after a social afternoon. Other notices mention gatherings at Point Rock park Mt Carroll and various relatives and locals attending picnics and outings in surrounding towns.
Lanark residents joined Mrs George Puterbaugh to honor twin daughters Pearl and Edna at a Sunday school birthday gathering three miles northeast of Lanark. A 36 member group enjoyed a cafeteria dinner prepared by Mrs Puterbaugh Grace and Ruth Lynch assisted. Various local residents attended.
The Capitol Pheater at Morrison shut Sunday night for about six or seven weeks due to hot weather and no cooling system. Attendance dropped, plans indicate reopening after the county fair. Winnebago County Board of Review slashes real estate valuations 20 percent to align with neighboring counties. Total value drops to about 86.5 million from 105 million.
A long humorous county column offers jokes about the patrol system and politics before the primary, mentions Will Rogers and other figures, and weaves in local anecdotes. It also covers neighborhood happenings, injuries, travel, threshing, and farm families with names like John Carroll, Harold Libberton, Joe Melendy, and Maurice Olen, in a breezy, anecdotal tone.
Chestnut Park residents report travel and visits with relatives including Mie Kaehler returning home to Ghadwick and Chas Metz family from Thyuarson. Several local families visited Chicago to witness a ball game while a child suffered a broken right wrist after a fall. Thomson defeated Chestnut Park 11 to 10 in a hall game. Chestnut Park Date lost to Cicero Dodgers 11 to 10 at Old Mill Park. Epworth League notes and Lena Camp meeting reports are shared with twenty-one attending. Wm Werthwein returns from vacation.
The notice recalls Nancy French who died after long suffering, is buried in Dunshee cemetery beside Joseph French and two sons Melvin and Willie after a July 29 1927 service led by Revs Lillie and Chick Williams. A baby born to Henry Sauer recently died in Freeport hospital. Notes on local weather, fishing, melons, and community events follow with neighbors visiting, farm changes, and Riverview gossip peppering the column.
The article notes four top domestic commercial furs muskrat opossum skunk and raccoon. About 500 fur farms operate in the United States and Alaska and about 1 400 in Canada. Most farms raise silver or hive foxes.
An electrically operated light bar is used to expose forgers and counterfeiters. The device reveals watermarks and all identifying features on currency and checks, helping authorities verify authenticity.
The passage explains modern slang use of Roar Forties to title Bre way and nearby zone from Fortieth to Fidtieth streets. It notes nautical sense links the term to the North Atlantic between latitude 40 and 50 degrees and occasionally to the South Atlantic.
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